Re: ORACLE's ODBC driver vs Other ODBC Drivers

Badri Narasimhan wrote:
>
> Hi:
>
> I am interested in knowing if anyone has reflections
> on the performance of ORACLE's ODBC driver for ORACLE
> 7.x versus other vendors such as Intersolv's Datadirect
> drivers for ORACLE.
>
> Any comparisons on cost/benefit/speed/etc?
>

Hi,

SimbaExpress is an ODBC solution for a 3-tier architecture. In addition to the client and the data source, an ODBC driver manager/server sits in the middle tier. The function of this middle tier is to act as one client for the many clients on the frontend. The ODBC drivers and the communication libraries for each data source are installed on this tier in order to centralize all the communications. This architecture is ideal for a network consisting of many clients and multiple databases. The benefits of applying a 3-tier ODBC is the ability to allow simultaneous client access to different databases and the ability to communicate with other 3-tier SimbaExpress networks.

You can also find related information on Simba's Oracle ODBC driver (now supports VB's RDO) at:

http://www.simbatech.com

Vance

Vance Pan                     Email: g2l1_at_ugrad.cs.ubc.ca

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